kanzellieren

German

Alternative forms

  • kancelliren, kancellieren, kanzelliren, cancelliren, cancellieren (obsolete)

Etymology

16th century, from Latin cancellāre. Doublet of canceln.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kantsɛˈliːrən/, [kan.t͡sɛˈliː.ʁən], [-t͡se-], [-t͡sə-], [-ˈliː.ɐn], [-ˈli(ː)ɐ̯n]
  • Rhymes: -iːʁən

Verb

kanzellieren (weak, third-person singular present kanzelliert, past tense kanzellierte, past participle kanzelliert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (obsolete) to cross out, to make invalid, to cancel
  2. (rare neologism, nonce word) alternative form of canceln (to cause moral panic against someone)
    • 2021 November 20, Oliver M. Haynold, “Der Fall Kyle Rittenhouse”, in Achse des Guten[1]:
      Rittenhouse wurde von den Qualitätsmedien und den höchsten Repräsentanten der Politik haltlos beschuldigt, von den sozialen Medien kanzelliert, von den Faktencheckern verleumdet.
      Rittenhouse fell victim to unwarranted accusations brought forward by fake news media and highest representatives of politics, being canceled by social media, libeled by fact checkers.

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